Abutments & mossy waterfalls...part 2

...these are the other two abutments i was speaking of, which are west of landrus. The westernmost one (top photo) is pretty much surrounded by the creek, though there is rock outcrop on the north edge that is almost like stairs. The water on this side is very deep where the creek has cut away all the way down to the bedrock and up against this abutment. Ben was bouldering on this, confident that if he did happen to fall, the water was deep enough that it would break his fall. The Mid State Trail will come to this abutment and follow the old rail grade that goes west from here 'til Nickle Run.

The abutment on the other side, the east side (bottom photo) is in just as good of shape. It has definitely taken some water throughout the years - behind the sagging rocks on the left side, the grade has been eaten away through floods, but, the damage is only minor, i assume, compared to the amount of water going over it, and time this has been going on. This grade looks so odd, looking at it from the abutment on the other side...there is this beautiful creek bed and then this man-made monsterous raised grade just sitting there, in the middle of nowhere. I'm glad to see that it's still there tho. Many of the old grades in the Landrus area had been removed during construction of the area's mine reclamation projects. I wonder now if there are more bridges on the main grade that i don't know about.....